Example sentences of "it can [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It , potentially it can go to infinity .
2 But she added : ’ As far as I am concerned it can go to hell now . ’
3 In extreme cases ( for example , where unemployment means no income at all ) , it can lead to starvation .
4 This case shows neither that employers should refuse jobs to those who have a murky past nor that they should not entrust secrets to subordinate employees — that is impracticable — but that they should not simply rely on the implied duty of confidence ; it can lead to misunderstandings and difficulties as to what is really secret .
5 Additive processes could hardly be simpler although it can lead to procedures of great complexity : a musical phrase of a certain number of notes is repeated several times , one note is then added and the new phrase again repeated .
6 This may be done with the best intentions , but it can lead to frustration and arguments .
7 One of the objections to registering that users have voiced in the past is that it can lead to mountains of junk mail landing on the doormat every week .
8 Where the licensee holds a residential or restaurant licence it can lead to disqualification of the licensee .
9 Even though there are valid medical and technical reasons for this state of affairs , it can lead to difficulties for women and girls .
10 It used to be considered a deformity in other breeds and led to automatic culling , but in several continental breeds it is now selected for , although it can lead to problems in calving and perhaps fertility .
11 She has demonstrated a wellknown fact about physical punishment — it can lead to avoidance .
12 It can lead to cirrhosis of the liver , hypocalcaemia ( a deficiency of calcium in the blood ) leading to osteoporosis , cardiomyopathy ( a chronic disorder of the heart muscle ) , and many other disorders .
13 Some interesting manoeuvres will be experienced here as the locomotive has to be released so that it can run to Cosham and Havant to turn on the well known triangle formed by this route .
14 For the butterfly fish , this risk is small for , hovering over the coral , it can dart to safety among the stony fronds within a fraction of a second .
15 In its relentless quest to buy up every open operating system technology that does not belong to Microsoft Corp , Novell Inc is reportedly considering buying what is left of NeXT Inc if it can come to terms with founder and controlling shareholder Steve Jobs .
16 But , if necessary , it can connect to timers , to a maximum demand controller ( which keeps the site 's power consumption within a limit set by the electricity board ) or , for that matter , to a computer .
17 It can climb to 25ft-30ft , and through summer to October it has rather insignificant pale cream flowers with excellent fragrance .
18 The question then is whether it can apply to countries where the procedural rules are not contained in any constitutional document or higher form of law .
19 And it does n't just apply to woman , it can apply to men as well .
20 The ‘ long copy ’ debate is basically a print debate , though it can apply to radio and , to an extent , TV .
21 It can rise to magnitude 6.8 , and can be distinguished by its redness , but for most of its 278-day period it is out of binocular range .
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